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Postboxes in Canterbury

Explore 74 mapped postboxes in Canterbury.

Canterbury currently has 74 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Canterbury include 5 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 34 postboxes, representing 45.9% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (34), GR (13), GVIR (5), EVIIR (3) and CIIIR (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, EVIIR is the earliest recorded and CIIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 29 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 6 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 1 mapped postbox. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.

• 74 mapped postboxes • 5 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (34), GR (13), GVIR (5), EVIIR (3), CIIIR (1) • 4 recorded postbox types • 6 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: EIIR (34 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (29) • Earliest recognised cypher: EVIIR • Most recent recognised cypher: CIIIR

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Cypher
Type
Design
Colour
place
Notes
GR
pillar
type_b
-
Canterbury
EIIR
pillar
type_c
-
Canterbury
EIIR
pillar
-
-
Canterbury
EIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Harbledown
-
lamp
-
-
Canterbury
| mounting = pier
EIIR
pillar
type_a
-
Tyler Hill
GVIR
pillar
-
-
Canterbury
EVIIR
wall
-
-
Canterbury
EVIIR
pillar
type_b
-
Canterbury
EIIR
-
-
-
Canterbury
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